Course detail

Semester Projects Presentation 1

FaVU-2VEPSP1Acad. year: 2024/2025

The course is primarily aimed at preparing students to install their own artwork both for the practice context in school and for the environment of a regular art operation (for example in a gallery or public space). Emphasis is placed on the careful selection and appropriate technical and material choices for the installation, even if the physical installation is not a conceptual part of the work. Secondly, the course prepares students for the presentation itself as a stressful situation typical of artistic practice. It takes into account the role played in these situations by the human factor and the actual conditions (the presenter’s personal aptitudes for prompt response or vocal expression, the composition of the committee, or the general mood at the moment of presentation). Given the extent to which these situations can affect the overall feel of a work of art, the course places particular emphasis on careful preparation of the verbal accompaniment to the work or body of work itself (oral presentation, descriptions including title and annotation). The course also includes a preparatory consultation and the selection of an appropriate way of documenting the work in the form of a portfolio. The portfolio also becomes the subject of presentation and assessment. The form of the portfolios (printed, digital, audiovisual presentation) is not uniformly given, but is determined (in consultation with the teachers) by the individual nature of the artistic profile of particular students or groups, or by the studio assignment.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Václav Magid

Department

Faculty of Fine Arts (FaVU)

Entry knowledge

Master's Studio 1

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

For the purpose of discussing studio work before the committee, Public Presentation course instructors may recommend that students present work or a selection of work either at their discretion or based on prior dialogue with the instructors. Students are required to submit a hard copy or digital portfolio including a CV and documentation of in-school or out-of-school work (or as otherwise agreed with the tutors) for the colloquium. Students receive an oral evaluation in the form of a short commentary, which all committee members are required to submit. The subject of this evaluation is 1) the artistic qualities of the term paper, 2) the manner of its installation and adaptation, 3) the manner of its personal presentation, 4) the accompanying textual materials (title, annotation), and 5) the student's portfolio of work to date. The colloquium is evaluated in written form in a pass/fail format.
Teaching takes place in the studios of FaVU in consultation hours determined by the teachers of the subject. The award of a grade in the Public Presentation course is conditional on the submission of a portfolio, the display (installation) of the work and its presentation before the committee.

Aims

The primary goal of the course is to provide students with the opportunity to publicly present their own artistic output created during the semester in the Studio course. Another goal is to discuss and provide feedback on the work(s) submitted and presented.
By completing the Public Presentation course, students will improve their verbal and written presentation of their own artistic output created during the semester in the Studio course, as well as conceptual and technological solutions for the installation of their work. Through the feedback received, they will verify the sustainability of their artistic program or studio assignment.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Hal FOSTER – Rosalind KRAUSSOVÁ – Yve-Alain BOIS – Benjamin H. D. BUCHLOH, Umění po roce 1900. Modernismus, antimodernismus, postmodernismus, Praha: Slovart 2007
Jiří PLAMÍNEK, Komunikace a prezentace: umění mluvit, slyšet a rozumět, Praha: Grada 2008
Patricia LEAVY (ed.), Handbook of Arts-Based Research, New York: Guilford Press 2019

Recommended reading

Carola DERTNIG – Felicitas THUN-HOHENSTEIN (eds.), Performing the Sentence. Research and Teaching in Performative Fine Arts, Berlín: Sternberg 2014
Carola DERTNIG et al., Troubling Research. Performing Knowledge in the Arts, Berlín: Sternberg 2014
Helena BENDOVÁ – Matěj STRNAD (eds.), Společenské vědy a audiovize, Praha: NAMU 2014.
Institut úzkosti. 2021. Kvíření jazyka českého: O užívání genderově inkluzivního jazyka v institucích a organizacích. http://www.institutuzkosti.cz/events/kvireni-jazyka-ceskeho-videozaznam-online-diskuse?src=cz
Jacques AUMONT, Obraz, Praha: Akademie múzických umění 2010
James ELKINS (ed.), Artists with PhDs. On the New Doctoral Degree in Studio Art, Washington, DC: New Academia 2014
Jan SVENUNGSSON, Umelec a písanie, Bratislava: Slovart – VŠVU 2013
John BERGER, Způsoby vidění, Praha: Labyrint 2016
Julian KLEIN, What Is Artistic Research?, JAR — Journal for Artistic Research, April 23. https://www.jar-online.net/what-artistic-research
Konrad Paul LIESSMANN, Filozofie moderního umění, Olomouc: Votobia 2000
Konrad Paul LIESSMANN, Vzdělání jako provokace, Praha: Academia 2018
Magdaléna ADÁMKOVÁ-TURZOVÁ – Petra FILIPOVÁ, Učit umění. Učitel a žák v labyrintu současného umění, Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci 215
Nelson GOODMAN, Jazyky umění. Praha: Academia, 2007.
Paulo FREIRE, Pedagogika utlačovaných, Praha: Neklid 2022
Renate LORENZ (ed.), Not Now! Now! Chronopolitics, Art & Research, Berlín: Sternberg 2014
Sam THORNE (ed.), School. A Recent History of Self-Organized Art Education, Berlín: Sternberg 2017
Strunk, William I. 1999. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
Swales, John M., and Christine B. Feak. 2009. Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts: Vol. 1 of the revised and expanded edition of English in Today`s Research World. Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
Tomáš POSPISZYL, Před obrazem. Antologie americké výtvarné teorie a kritiky, Praha: OSVU 1998
Wouter DAVIDTS – Kim PAICE (eds.), The Fall of the Studio. Artists at Work, Amsterdam: Valiz 2009

Classification of course in study plans

Programme VUM_M Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

Project

60 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1.A Ongoing consultation and portfolio selection.

1.B Portfolio implementation and submission (unless otherwise instructed by the tutor, the deadline for portfolio submission is the date of the colloquium).

2.A Ongoing consultation on the concept of installation of the semester's work, including technical and material aspects (possibly in collaboration with cabinets).

2.B Implementation of the installation of the semester practical work

3.A Ongoing consultation and practice in the ability to verbally communicate one's intentions effectively and clearly (possibly in collaboration with KTDU)

3.B Actual presentation to the committee.